Definition of horn

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Horn (n.) The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and annually shed and renewed..

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Corniplume :: Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
Horner :: Horner (n.) One who works or deal in horn or horns.
Hartshorn :: Hartshorn (n.) Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.
Peele :: Peele (n.) A graceful and swift South African antelope (Pelea capreola). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc..
Redhorn :: Redhorn (n.) Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.
Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.
Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle..
Horn-mad :: Horn-mad (a.) Quite mad; -- raving crazy.
Hornpout :: Hornpout (n.) See Horned pout, under Horned..
Quadricornous :: Quadricornous (a.) Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle..
Dehorning :: Dehorning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dehor.
Calamary :: Calamary (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid..
Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn..
Nasicornous :: Nasicornous (a.) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros..
Beam :: Beam (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches..
Horny :: Horny (superl.) Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn..
Tout :: Tout (v. i.) To toot a horn.
Rhamnus :: Rhamnus (n.) A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Frangulinic :: Frangulinic (a.) Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn..
Scute :: Scute (n.) A bony scale of a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of a snake..
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